Navy Quotes

300 Navy quotes by 225 unique authors

I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be… — John L. Phillips
The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war… — Hideki Tojo
My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the… — Gregory Corso
FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White… — Stuart Symington
It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being… — John Masefield
Two weeks before the attack on the USS Cole and then again two days before the attack, they saw through their analysis that a major… — Curt Weldon
There are but few naval powers, but there are many land powers. — Frank B. Kellogg
Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the… — Frank B. Kellogg
My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we… — Jack Adams
I am now reading Cooper's Naval History which I find very interesting. — John Davis Long
I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high. — Frank B. Kellogg
Japanese naval officers in dress whites are frequent guests at Pearl Harbor's officers' mess and are very polite. They always were. Except, of course, for… — William Manchester
In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their… — Edmund Burke
The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. — Abraham Lincoln
To you who answered the call of your country and served in its Armed Forces to bring about the total defeat of the enemy, I… — Harry S. Truman
Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds. — Eleanor Roosevelt
No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace - than you, America's… — Colin Powell
The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood. — Unknown Author
I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made… — Ernest Borgnine
You know those Navy SEALs, they weren't Democrats and Republicans. They were just doing what was best for America. Wouldn't that be a great country… — Jonah Goldberg
The launch of Nautilus, the world's first atomic submarine marked a transition in naval warfare-a transition as sudden as that associated with the Monitor. — Waldemar Kaempffert
This ship is built to fight. You had better know how. — Arleigh Burke
Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself. — Walter Raleigh
The Almighty has been pleased to grant us a signal victory on Lake Champlain in the capture of one Frigate, one Brig and two sloops… — Unknown Author
A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of our… — William Sims

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